New-York tribune., 1887-11-23
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr. Andrew Lang has prepared for an early num-
bcr OF Harpcrs Magazine a paper on st An
drew's.' II is to be Illustrated
In the forthcoming "Victorla Edition. Of "Tho
Plckwck Papers" will appear the suppressed Buss
plates. 1t is stated that moro than 100000 copies
of Pickwck- have been put into circulation by tho
original publishers alone. Many of the plates bear
memoranda In Dckcns's writing that go to show
what a careful worker he was, even down to the
smallest details. The following some of his 1ot-
tings:
al think the sergeant should look younger and a
great deal sly, and know should be lo0k-
Ing at Pickwick, too. smiling cOmpassiOnatcy at his
think it Would be better If PIckwck had hold Of
the Bandits II Minerva tried TO Look iin1 i,iG
It would be additional Improvement .,oro
"winkle should be holding the candlcStick above oys
having gone ont. A fat chairman 50 short as our
friend here drew breath in Bath would haS9
him where he Is, decidedly is the lazy iull u'csSeu'
"a Chapter on Dreams is the title Of the paper In
which Mr. stevenson has told the world how he nap
pencd to write "Dr Jckyll and Mr. Hyde" 1t Is
10 be printed in "Scribncrs.'
A recent visitor at The home of Tolstoi found the
author busy with his theological studies. Referring
TO his manner OF life. TolStoI said: Every day ac-
cordIng to the season, labor on my farm. cut
down trees, chop wood, NOW. All and plough
You do not know what pleasure that Is. You go
along turning up the fresh earth tracing the long
burrows and you do not notice that ono hour t"O'
hreo hours pass The blood courses ioyonsy through
your veins your head is clear your feet scarcely
touch the ground. and how hungry you get, ana no"
you sleep aftcrN ard"
story by Robert Louis Stevenson will be tho
chief attraction Of Casscll's Christmas annual hnie
Tidep II IS to be called The Misadvcntnres OF John
Nicholson"
r. A. Troope does not give in his "Ecmem-
branccs. particularly pleasing picture OF Words
worth For my part he says, 81 managed to incur
ais dIsplcasure while yet on the threShod OF MS
house We were entering II together, when obsciV-
Ing a very fnc bay.tree by the doors side. unfort-
unatey expressed surprise at its luXurtance In such
position. Why should You be surpriSedF he asked
suddenly turning upon with much diSpleasurc IN
his manner Not little Disconnected, hcsta'hsy
answered that had imagined the bay-tree required
more and greater warmth Of sunshine than II coniu
find there. Pooh! said he, much offended at the
slight cast on his beloved locality. what has sun
shine got to do with it7' hal not the readiness to
reply that in truth the world had abundance OF es
timony that the bay could flourish In those laudoS
But think, hal done so. 1t might have mauc p'y
peace for :he remainder Of that evenings experiences
led me to imagine that the great poet was not IN
sensible to incense from very small and hnmpie "or
shippers. ! cannot say that, on the "hoio'
the impression made on by the poet on that oc-
casion always with the notable exception OF his re-
cital of HIS poetry was pleasant one lncTe
was something in the mAnnc. in which he almost per
functorly as It seemed, uttered his long monoIogue'
that suggested the idea Of the performance OF part
cot up to order and repeated without much modfca-
,on as often as lion hunters duly authorized Tor the
snort in those localities, might call upon him Tor II.
dare say the is analogous to that OF the nero
and the valet, but such my impression.'
Mr. Trollopc's book "Wha, l Remember" IS to be
republished here by the IIarpers So is Mr. friih's
volume Of "reminiscences.
Edward Marston the London publisher. "takes no
stock I'm Mr. Pearsa Smiths plan for international
conyright "The first and most obvious objection
TO this plan' he says, is that 1t at once shuts out
all authors except those of the very first rank from
any chance whatever OF obtaining any avallaDe copy
right in the United States. IT will be necessary,
presume for the author to make first arrangement
with some publisher to issue his work In America
or IS thcrc TO be scramble as TO who shall first get
hold of the book TO print The probability Is that
as regards very few frstcass English authors there
NAV be such a scramble, but as regards the general
run of authors. and of authors as Jot UNKNOWN 10
fame-where will they 1nd publisher bold enough
had almost said fool enough, to tackle the cost OF
printing binding and publishing book, with the
certain knowledge before him that If by bold adver-
tiscment and large expenditure he has attracted at
tcnton TO the work. or two. or dozen, o'hcr
publishers would at be down upon it according TO
law rob him Of any chance Of profts ana reap inc
benefit Of his enterprise. and on the other hand KNOW"
Ing also from plentiful experience that the work may
rrovc failure I'm which other publishers VIII be
warned OF by his experience, and he VIII have the
honor and glory and loss all to hmsclfl 1t seems to
me that in order to make NJ. Pearsal Smiths plan
work VOL he must add another clause to his proposal
namely that to insure the certain proht OF ~ per
cent to all authors alike, all publishers alike Should
he guaranteed from loss then the plan would Work
mcrrly enough. This suggestion may be regarded as
a roducio ad absurdum, but really it applies to the
whole scheme, because plLshcr viii invest his
money in such absurdy competitive enterprises"
The title of " A Magnificent Plcbcan' has been gwen
TO Miss Julia Mag1udcr's new novel which Is TO De
published By the Harpers.